BUNCHOSIA (from bunchos, the Arabic name for Coffee; in allusion to the similarity between the seeds of this genus and those of Coffee). ORD. Malpighiaceae. Ornamental greenhouse evergreen shrubs, nearly allied to Malpighia, but having the racemes of flowers axillary. Fruit fleshy, indehiscent, externally smooth, and containing two or three seeds. They thrive best in a compost of loam, peat, leaf soil, and sand, in about equal proportions. Cuttings of ripened shoots will root in sand under a bell glass, in moist bottom heat, taking several weeks to do so. Good drainage is essential, both in striking cuttings and in the cultivation of the plants. BUNCHOSIA argentea (silvery).* fl. yellow; racemes opposite, simple, pubescent. July. l. lanceolate, silvery beneath. Branches puberulous. h. 10ft. Caraccas, 1810. BUNCHOSIA glandulifera (gland-bearing). fl. yellow; racemes simple, axillary. March to May. l. elliptical-ovate, on short petioles, wavy, pubescent on both surfaces, furnished with four glands beneath at the base. h. 10ft. Caraccas, 1806. BUNCHOSIA nitida (shining). fl. yellow; racemes elongated, almost the length of the leaves. July. fr. large, red; it is much eaten by turkeys and other large fowl. l. 4in. long, oblong, acuminated, smooth, glandless. h. 4ft. Jamaica, 1800. BUNCHOSIA odorata (fragrant).* fl. yellow, sweet-scented; racemes opposite. May. l. ovate, emarginate, downy on both surfaces. h. 7ft. Carthagena, 1806.